Well, it’s midnight again,
and this lonely road stretches out before me
like a velvet carpet to nowhere;
as the fog in my eyes gets in the way
and I don’t know where I’m going.
Twenty years gone by now,
and a lifetime of memories
flows down my face in a violent rage
like a thunderstorm, washing away
a tender moment with you.
Oh, life just got in the way
and kept me from seeing who you really are,
So now I must pay.
God knows I never meant to hurt you,
But that does not seem to matter anymore,
As the distant flash of red lights
points the way towards home,
and I’m still going down this lonely road without you.
Oh, fear has gotten the best of me,
Though I pray for God’s grace to comfort me,
and a distant voice keeps calling:
“Son, keep going, I’ve never left your side;
simply believe and I shall appear,
like a rainbow in the morn.”
But the fact remains,
I’m still traveling down this lonely road without you,
and the tolling of the hour tells me it’s four a.m..
God help me, I hear children laughing in my dreams;
singing silly songs while my heart is torn apart,
as the darkness still stretches out before me
and Christmas eve is one more obstacle to face
along this lonely road.
Oh, sweetheart I am tempted
to share my words with you,
but it seems you never understood them before,
so why should I believe you’ll grasp them now?
Only faith and a lonely road ahead keep me going,
as the distant light of time lifts me towards heaven,
where tears turn in to streets of gold,
and I’ll never have to wipe them away anymore.
…And that velvet carpet leads to an open window
as I close another door in my life.
God love you, I miss you, good night.
